Kim's facial expression and body language having viewed the Saul Goodman ad was excellent
― mh, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 13:43 (six years ago) link
there was an ep a good while ago where we just watch him walking through HHM from his office to the front door for about 40 seconds; the way he turns shoulders-first at any corner was a joy to watch
yes! that was hilarious. also the way he walks to chuck's door in the most recent ep, this ludicrous businessman prance.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 13:44 (six years ago) link
I liked this episode (I like all the episodes), but it felt weird. Seemed like it started out in season 3 and ended up back in season 1.
― 20-lol pileup (WilliamC), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
because jimmy's regressing back to his base state
― mh, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
this was an odd episode, felt unusual in that it covered like four different unrelated plots. Seemed like they were just kind of re-setting a bunch of the pieces.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 18 May 2017 20:06 (six years ago) link
I felt pretty sure that Chuck was going to kill himself after Howard left. Seemed like a natural way for the plot to go, since Jimmy had just refused Rebecca's demand that he go to the house. That would hang over his head, lead to further spiraling, etc. But leave it to this show not to go the obvious route. I don't think anyone expected the name Saul Goodman to reenter the plot this way, either.
― JRN, Friday, 19 May 2017 05:09 (six years ago) link
Regarding the discussion upthread, I don't really mind 'unrealistic' plot contrivances as log as the characters' motivations and reactions are believable, which they almost always are in BB and SCS.
― chap, Friday, 19 May 2017 09:25 (six years ago) link
Uh, guys? LYDIA?! Clearly among the more earthshaking developments in this episode.
― human/hutt hybrid (Old Lunch), Friday, 19 May 2017 10:20 (six years ago) link
Eh, I've grown slightly immune to BB cameos at this point.
Suprised more fuss hasn't been made over TYRUS, mind you.
― chap, Friday, 19 May 2017 10:30 (six years ago) link
tyrus was kind of boring in BB tho
this ep was alright. thought the nacho stuff was the best part
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 23 May 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
by "this ep" i meant last week's!
I'm guessing the closing scene is the one Odenkirk was referring to as Jimmy's first sad shift toward hardcore Saul-dom.
― human/hutt hybrid (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 21:59 (six years ago) link
he nearly had me going, there
― kinder, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 23:38 (six years ago) link
i fear for kim's wellbeing. either she's going to prison or she's going to die
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 00:47 (six years ago) link
we've known that since the beginning i guess but it's still tough to watch knowing that it must happen
I think my favourite bit from this week's episode was [crying]it's in the transcripts![/crying]
― cajunsunday, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 07:47 (six years ago) link
My favourite was Kim's 'we're just talking, right?' in the bar. That scene was amazing
― paolo, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 12:21 (six years ago) link
guarantee you Kim gets disbarred by series end
― it me, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
Best episode yet imo
Loved how much of this ep(/the show really) is about work/work ethic and how it can turn toxic: Mike laying concrete, Charlie Hustle busting his ass all over town with his crew, picking up more garbage than anyone else and getting nothing but shit, don't they teach you about capitalism at that school of yours (Walter White's "apply yourself")...
The scene in the bar was fucking masterful. Rhea Seehorn is mvp this episode but Odenkirk's seething was incredible too
― in a soylent whey (wins), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
agreed, bar scene was just top notch
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 20:03 (six years ago) link
this show is a masterclass in basically everything it touches, what a marvel
and to think it's a spinoff about walter white's corny-ass drug lawyer, i mean the million ways this could have been trash, and yet
― Clay, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
imo the bar scene gets at why Jimmy is a grifter at heart, other than the fact he's compelled to do so by his personality -- he really has a deep disdain for some people and grifting them is how he feels self-worth
― mh, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
Good point. Jimmy's definitely got something to prove, both to himself and other people
― paolo, Thursday, 25 May 2017 07:47 (six years ago) link
mhm
― k3vin k., Friday, 26 May 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
Rhea Seehorn's performance is such a fantastic course correction from the underwritten/poorly acted female roles in BB, they should give her all the Emmys. that bar scene oof.
final scene in the insurance office was so sad, just seeing Jimmy go from self-pitying to ruthlessly vindictive in such a manipulative way.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 26 May 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link
did this take a break this week?
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
Yep.
― In the words of Boltair (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
damn
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
next ep on on Monday, June 5
― calzino, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
Rhea Seehorn's performance is such a fantastic course correction from the underwritten/poorly acted female roles in BB
Underwritten and underdeveloped, absolutely, but I don't think any of them were poorly acted. Anna Gunn did a fine job with the material she was given, Betsy Brandt a terrific one. And I think by season 5 they were taking steps in the right direction - Lydia was both a great character and a great performance. But even in BCS to this point it's pretty much just Kim - would be wonderful if they brought out some fully realized female characters besides her and the returning Lydia.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link
i went to a screen of tonight's episode over the weekend + a talk with Michael McKean and Peter Gould (co-creator) with Matt zoller-seitz mediating.
This episode is pretty amazing. Only one spoiler because they discussed the post work on it: the slipping jimmy bit is a mix of CGI, odenkirk and stuntman... astonishing work!
Lots of great conversation about the show too. Gould said that the relationship between jimmy and chuck was born out of Robert and Charles Crumb... hence chuck's name!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 5 June 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
Nacho's pill swap last night was about as close as this show has come to Breaking Bad-level tension ratcheting.
― Trockasturm Hoar The Ramming Battle Ceraton (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 10:22 (six years ago) link
Lydia was nowhere near as interesting or developed a character as Skyler. I can't really even remember much to her other than 'jittery and suddenly in way over her head'. Kim's a good character but the show could have benefited from developing some of the characters around Mike - his daughter-in-law is barely developed beyond a sort of vague 'she who must be protected' thing.
Enjoyed this most recent one, the pill swapping scene was indeed extremely tense - the show could use more Nacho in general. It still feels like two or three different shows sitting alongside each other though.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 13:26 (six years ago) link
xpost that's cool re: Crumbs!
― Hadrian VIII, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 13:46 (six years ago) link
- his daughter-in-law is barely developed beyond a sort of vague 'she who must be protected' thing.
I agree with this. For a while there I thought she was deliberately scamming him to get much nicer accommodation for her and her daughter. Would've been more interesting, I think.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
I still think she was doing that.
― a warm bowl of soap (WilliamC), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 14:50 (six years ago) link
We're so cynical.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
I do think there's at least a degree of that going on. Keep in mind that we still haven't seen what leads to their eventual estrangement.
― Prince & the Yearbook Committee - '2cool2B4gotten' b/w 'LYLAS' (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
To clarify, I don't think it's a capital-s, Slippin' Jimmy-esque 'scam'. Just your garden variety instance of someone seeing an opening and taking a little more advantage than is necessary.
― Prince & the Yearbook Committee - '2cool2B4gotten' b/w 'LYLAS' (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link
okay, now that we're past the episode airing: the pratfall with odenkirk is NOT him taking the fall even though you see his face turn to the camera and walk away and then hit the ground. really seamless digital fx imo
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
I like how like half the people in this world are actual geniuses
― K-hole MacLachlan (wins), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
Like walt's incredible problem-solving skills are only a match for... mike gus jimmy kim nacho & chuck
― K-hole MacLachlan (wins), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
(oh and hank)
― K-hole MacLachlan (wins), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
― Trockasturm Hoar The Ramming Battle Ceraton (Old Lunch), Tuesday, June 6, 2017 6:22 AM (seventeen hours ago)
i was literally hiding inside my shirt!
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 7 June 2017 03:46 (six years ago) link
otm about hank. btw i watched this episode with, for the first time, my roommate, and we discovered we're the only 2 people in the world who like hank howard
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 7 June 2017 03:47 (six years ago) link
hank AND howard
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 7 June 2017 03:50 (six years ago) link
no way, because i like them both! as characters, at least. the guy who plays howard does a fantastic job in bcs
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 03:54 (six years ago) link
we both agreed that howard was a decent guy, in the show's world
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 7 June 2017 03:56 (six years ago) link
he's definitely not a bad guy according to the standards of behavior of his firm. almost all of the main bcs characters have some sort of family issue driving them or influencing them, or at least a friendship. but howard is just this elite law firm guy. that's his entire world. it's sad that it sort of seems like chuck might be his only "friend", and even that is on a very professional level. he's surrounded by elite cutthroats, and within that context he often seems to act more humanely than he's expected to.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 04:04 (six years ago) link
yeah he's a snob and a douchebag but he has integrity
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 7 June 2017 04:20 (six years ago) link